Lock for drawers



(No Model.)

P. BRABSON.

LOGK'FOR DRAWERS.

No. 413,128. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

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By find Janka? %%,zm/t%% A TTORNEY NITED STATES FRANK BRABSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

LOCK FDR DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,128, dated October 15, 1889.

Application filed October 18, 1888. Serial No. 288,493. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK BRABSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Looks for Drawers, of which thefollowing is a specification. I

This invention relates to a lock adapted to secure drawers, as set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a drawer,

locked. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a lockingplate. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view, partly in section, of a stop.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a drawer, and B is the casing of the drawer. A locking-plate O is placed between the drawer and easing, so that the stop D of the plate abuts against the lip or shoulder Lof the casing, as shown in Fig. l. The shackle I of a lock is then secured in a hole H in the plate O and then locked, thus locking the drawer. To enable the shackle I to be placed close to the drawer and easing, the plate Chas anumber of holes at different distances from the stop, which are hereinafter termed graduated holes K, Fig. 2, so that the shackle I, when passed through the proper hole K, will sit close to the drawer, even if the device is used at various times for locking drawers made from different thicknesses of material.

The hole II for theshackle is shown formed in a lip G of the plate 0, and the stop D is shown as the head of a bolt whose shank E is adapted to enter a hole K in the plate. By having a series of graduated holes K the stop D can be adjusted to suit drawers 0f various thicknesses of material. Further adjustment can be secured by making the various faces of the stop D to rest at different distances from the shank E, as seen in Fig. 3, so that by turning the stop D a suitable face of said stopcan bebrought into contact with the shoulder L of the drawer-casing B. A finger piece or pieces F on the plate 0 enable said plate to be held in position while the stop D is being properly adjusted.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a plate having in its bodya series of graduated perforations K, a finger-piece F, formed at one end of said plate, and a perforated lip projecting beyond the finger-piece in the line of the body of the plate, of a stop adapted to engage the graduated perforations in the plate, the perforation in the lip being made to receive the shackle of a lock, substantially as'described.

2. The combination, with a plate having in its bodya perforation K, a finger-piece F, and a perforated lip, of a stop having a head and a shank, said shank being adapted to rest and to be turned in said perforation K, and said head having bearing-faces placed at various distances from the shank, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK BRABSON.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

